Other Immigrants : the Global Origins of the American People.

Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians represent three of every four immigrants who arrived in the United States after 1970. Yet despite their large numbers and long history of movement to America, non-Europeans are conspicuously absent from many books about immigration. In Other Immigrants, David M. Reimers...

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Main Author: Reimers, David
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Introduction; Part I: From beyond Europe, 1492- 1940; 1. The Beginnings, 1550-1900; 2. Asians in Hawaii and the United States; 3. North to America, 1900-1940; Part II: The Emergence of a New Multicultural Society, 1940- Present; 4. El Norte; 5. Central and South Americans; 6. Across the Pacific Again; 7. Across the Pacific Again; 8. Middle Easterners; 9. The New Black Immigrants; 10. The Refugees; Epilogue; Notes; Suggested Reading; Index; About the Author.